Background
Ebersole, Gary Linn was born on June 19, 1950 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Galen Zug and Melva Violet (Kline) Ebersole.
( This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds ...)
This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 A.D.). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts--the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and the Man'yoshu, an anthology of poetry--it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes. "This volume has significantly raised the standard of scholarship on early Japanese and Man'yoshu studies."--Joseph Kitagawa "So convincing is the historical and religious thought displayed here, it is impossible to imagine how anyone can ever again read these documents in the old way."--Alan L. Miller, The Journal of Religion "A central resource for historians of early Japan."--David L. Barnhill, History of Religions
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Ebersole, Gary Linn was born on June 19, 1950 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Galen Zug and Melva Violet (Kline) Ebersole.
Bachelor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1971; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1981.
Assistant professor, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1981-1983;
assistant to associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1983-1991;
associate professor, Divinity School University of Chicago, since 1991. Chair Japanese Religions Group, American Academy Religion, 1982-1988. President Mid-West American Academy Religion, 1987-1989.
Chair Comperative Studies of Religion Section, American Academy Religion, since 1988.
( This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds ...)
Member American Academy Religion, Association for Asian Studies, Mid-West American Academy Religion, American Society for Study of Religion.
Married Noriko Yamazaki Ebersole, July 12, 1972. Children: Maiko, Koji, Jun, Kentaro.